parulis

English

Noun

parulis (plural parulides)

1. Synonym of gumboil
   • 1858 April, Jourdain, “Fungous Epulis, with caries of the lower jaw, cured by cauterization”, in American Journal of Dental Science, volume 8, page 213:

     This tooth had occasioned several fluxions, terminated by parulis, which opened sometimes spontaneously, and sometimes by the aid of cataplasms and emolient gargles; but, as the tooth had not been removed, the parulides remained fistulous […]

Anagrams

• spirula, uprisal